"LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Mikel Brown Jr. had 10 3-pointers and scored an ACC freshman single-game record 45 points as No. 24 Louisville routed NC State 118-77 on Monday night. Ryan Conwell added 31 points and the Cardinals (18-6, 8-4) shot 60% for the game. Their 118 points were their most in a conference game in program history and most in any game since scoring 119 in a rout of Morehead State on Dec. 6, 1995."
"After up-and-down scoring outputs in five games since returning from a lower back injury, the heralded freshman guard had 21 points with five 3s by halftime before erasing LaBradford Smith's school freshman mark of 32 midway through the second. Brown's 10 3-pointers also were a freshman ACC record. He tied that mark with 2:09 remaining, bringing a huge cheer from a white-clad crowd of 14,389 eager to see if he'd approach Unseld's school mark."
"He finished 14 of 23 from the field, topping his previous best of 29 points against rival Kentucky in November. That had ranked fourth-best all time among Louisville freshmen coming in. Louisville started off hot and didn't cool off much, shooting 58% in the first half and finishing 39 of 65 overall. The Cardinals' total included 18 3-pointers on 30 attempts, tying their second-highest output this season."
Mikel Brown Jr. scored 45 points, making 10 three-pointers to set the ACC freshman single-game scoring record and tie Louisville's single-game scoring mark. No. 24 Louisville defeated NC State 118-77. Ryan Conwell added 31 points while the Cardinals shot 60% overall and 18 of 30 from three. Louisville's 118 points were the most in a conference game in program history and the highest scoring output since 1995. Brown had 21 points and five three-pointers by halftime after returning from a lower back injury. NC State was led by Ven-Allen Lubin (20) and Tre Holloman (19) and shot 41% overall.
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